System of electric-motor control.



J. G. REED.

SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL. APPLIOATION FILED JAN. 4, 191a.

1,06();,941, Patented May 6, 1913.

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' J.G.REED. SYSTEM or ELECTRIC MOTOR CONTROL. APPLICATION FILED JAN.4, 1913. I 1,060,941, Patented May 6, 1913.;

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JOHN C. REED, OF STEEL'ION, PENNSYLVANIA.

SYSTEM OF ELECTRIC-MOTOR CONTROL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma 6, 1913.

Application filed-fianuary 4, 1913. Serial No. 740,160.

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN G. REED, a citizen of the. United States, residing in the borough of Steelton, county of Dauphin, and State of Pennsylvania, have invented cer tain new and useful Improvements in Systems of Electric-Motor Control; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear,'and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in'the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which. form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to control systems for series wound electric motors of electrically driven machines of various types, such as those for operating hoists, street cars, motor vehicles, cranes and other machines where it is desirable to have a simple and eiiicient motor control, and where the electric motor is automatically prevented from assuming dangerous speeds, which often oc.- curs when the vigilance of the operator has been relaxed,- or prevented from any cause.

Experiments which I have made with various types of electrically driven machinery'such as are used in andaround large steel working plants, and to which my invention has been applied, give highly sat-ist'actory results.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, I have illustrated, as an example, the system of control in connection with an electric motor operated crane, having selected this type of. machine for illustration for the reason that itoperat'es under great variations of load. a I Referring to the drawings which diagrammaticallyrillustrate my invention, and in which like parts are similarly designated Figure 1 is a diagrammatic illustration of the system of electric control applied to a crane operated by a series wound motor.

Fig. 2 is a simplified diagram of Fig. 1,

'wire 51 to stationary controller cont-act 16.

omitting the details of the controller. Fig. 3 is a modification'of the diagram Fig. 2, showing the manner of varying controller resistance in the dynamicbraking circuit. Fig. 4 is a diagram of a further modification, wherein the controlling switches are combined with lock-out switch, and thereby decrease the number of moving parts and shortenthe Wiring. a

Referring to Fig. 1 illustrating a series wound motor of an electric crane and its manually operated controller, 1 and 2 are the supply mains from which are branched taps 3 and 4, to which the controller wires 5 and 6 are connected by a suitable switch 7. C represents a well known type of reversing controller, the general structure of which forms no part of my invention. This controller comprises a number of stationary contacts 8-1-9, and two sets of'movable or wiper contacts manually operated to control the crane under all conditions of operation at the will of the operator. One of these sets of movable contacts for lowering the load comprises the contacts 20 to 30, of which 20 to 26 are electrically connected by connectors; 27 and 28 are likewise electrically connected, as are 29 and 30. The other set of movable contacts is used when raising. or ho1st1ng a load, and comprises contacts 31 to 40, of which 31 to 36 are electrically c nnected by suitable connectors; 37 and 38 likewise connected, as are also 39 and 40.

The contact 27 of one set is also electrically ing F of the motor, wire 44, a contact 45-015 a solenoid switch D whose movable contact is connected to wire 42. Stationary controller contacts 16 and 17 are connected, re-

spectively, to wires 47 and 48 of the armar ture A of the motor. The stationary controller contact 18 is connected to supply wire 5, and by a Wire 49 to a contact 50 of a lock out switch and 'in a control circuit. Stationary controller contact 19 is connected by In series with the armature is a winding or coils that operates a circuit closer b got any suitable type of solenoid switch or relay arranged to lock out when currents, in excess of a certain value pass through Its winding 8 and to close whenthe current has decreased to said value. Preferably this switch is of that type which may be adjusted to close upon any desired drop of current. This satisfactory, its operation being positive and reliable by reason of being controlled by the current through the armature. The loch-outswitch 52, or equivalentmechanism, bridges contacts 50, 53 upon a predetermined excess of current passing through winding .9. Contact-'53 is connected by wire 54 to a contact Branching from wire 54 is a wire 56 connected to the winding of a solenoid switch E. which isconnected to the return wire 57 of the control circuit that terminates at stationary controller contact 8. Solenoid switch E bridges contact 55 to a contact 58 that is connected by a Wire 59 to the winding of solenoid switch D that is connected by wire 60 to return wire 57. The solenoid switches E and D are in parallel in the con trol circuit, the switch D operating after the switch E has bridged contacts 55 and 58. Between the armature A and the look-out switch I connect one end of a resistance whose other end is connected to the movable conductive member 61 operated by the solenoid switch E. The member 61 is moved when the solenoid switch E is operated into contact with contact 62 that is connected by wire 63 to wire 44. In other words, the look-out switch 8 operates upon a prede-v termined drop of current through the armature to close the control circuit and operate the solenoid switch E which places momen tarily the resistance R and armature A in "pasallel and bot-l 1 in series with the field.

Immediately after the insertion of the resistance, solenoid switch D operates to move its conductive member 46 fr6i"n' contact 45 against an opposite contact 64 connected by wire 65 and is connected to wire 41-. This switch establishes a local or dynamic braking circuit containing the armature A, resistance R and field winding F in series.

The operation is as follows: Upon lower-' ing a load, current passes from supply main 1, tap 3, switch 7, wire 5, stationary controller contact 18, movable controller contacts 30 and 29, stationary ctiiltroller contact 17, wire 48, lock-out switch winding 8 to armatureA, thence by wire 47 tostationary controller contact 16, movable controller contacts 28 and'27, stationary controller contact 15, wire 42, switch member 46 of solenoid switch D, contact 45, wire 44, series field F; wire 43, brake winding B, wire 41, con t-roller resistance 1' and contact 10, movable controller contacts 22 and 21,"'stationary contact 9, wire 6, switch 7, tap 4 to supply main 2. Moving the controller cuts out successive'portions of the resistance 1' until the trol circuit as follows: The conducting'element 52 of the look-out switch will bridge the contacts 50 and 53 when the current has dropped to the predetermined point at which the lock-out switch has been set. Current will then pass to the control circuit as fol lows: supply main 1, tap 3, switch 7, wires 5 and 49, contact- 50, switch member 52, conmovable contact 26 'is on stationary contact tact 53, wire 54, contact 55, and branch wire 56, winding of solenoid switch E, wire 57, stat ionary controller contact 8, movable controller contacts 20 and 21, stationary controller contact 9, wire 6, switch 7, tap 4 and main 2. This causes solenoid switch E to close, closing contacts 61 and 62, and

bridging contacts 55 and 58. The closing of contacts 61 and 62 completes a by-pass circuit around armature A and strengthens the field F ,and this increase of strength in the field will cause the counter E. M. F. to

be raised higher than the impressed E. M. F. of the mains. The bridging of contacts 55' and 58 causes control current to pass from 4 58, wire 70, winding of solenoid switch D, wires 60 and 57, contacts 8, 20, 2'1 and 9, wire 6 switch 7 and tap 4 to main 2. This operates switch D and closes contact at 46 and 64 to establish the following circuit: from main l to tap 3, switch 7 wire 5, stationary controller contact 18, movabl'controller contacts 30 and 29, stationary con, troller contact 17, wire 48, windings- 150 connection a where the current divides, one part passing through armature A, wire 47, controller contacts 16, 28, 27, 15, wire 42, switch arm 46 of switch D, contact 64, wires 65 and 41 back to main 2, as before de: scribed. The other part of the currentpasses through resistance R switch arm 61,

contact 62, wires 63 and 44, field F, wire 43, brake winding B, wire 41 and back to main, 2. It; will be seen that whereas the field F and armature A were originally-connected in series, that since the operation of the lookout switch, the resistance R has been placed in series with the field F and the brake winding B, and that the armature A is in parallel, with the three latter in series.

Owing to the increased strength of the field 2 due to the circuit through the resistance'R a counterE. M. F. in excess of the impressed.

M. F. isgenerated in armature A,,and

as a result of this a reverse current pass.

through a dynamic braking circuit'as follows: from armature A, resistance R,- switch member 61, contact 62, wires 63 and'44, field F, wire 43, brake winding 13, wires 41- and 65, contact 64, solenoid switch member 46, wire 42, controller contacts 15, 27, 28 and 16, and wire 47 back to the other side of armature A. This current will maintain the field F and the, armature willtherefore continue to generate power, so long as the load is descending and driving the "armature. lVhen the controller is turned to hoist the load, the direction of current through the armature is reversed from-that described.

In Fig. 2 I have shown a diagram muchsimpler than Fig. 1, representing the same conditions and circuits, and in which the severalparts are designated by like reference characters;

Fig. 3 is a modification of Figs. 1 and 2, wherein wire 65 is arranged to be variably connected with the controller resistance 7" to vary the resistance of the dynamic braking circuit.

In Fig. l'the arm 46 of switch D is shown as having contact points 6 and c on opposite sides, and instead of these points being movable, they may be stationary and the switches D and E and the lock-out switch may be "combined into a single switch actuated by windings s of the lock-out, switch, thus dispensing with a long control circuit. Such a structure is diagrammatically illustrated in Fig. 4, which in other respects represents the same circuits as Figs. '1, 2 and 3, and efi'ects the same dynamic control.

I claim:

1. In a motor control system, a motor having a rotor and a stator, means to supply current to the rotor and stator in series and means dependent upon the speed of the rotor to automatically connect the rotor and stator in parallel.

- 2. In a motor control system, a motor having an armature and a field andmeans to supply current to the armature and field in, series, and means operated by a drop of current through the armature to automatically connect the armature and field in parallel.

3. In a motor control system, a motor having a rotor and a stator, means to supply current to the rotor and stator in series and electrical means dependent upon the speed of the rotor to automatically connect the rotor and stator in parallel.

ing a rotatable armature and a stationary of increased speed of the armature.

4. In a motor control system, a motor having a rotor and a stator, means to supply current to the rotor and stator in series an electrical. resistance, and means dependent upon the speed of the rotor to automatically connect therotor and stator in parallel, and simultaneously establish a local circuit containing said resistance rotor'and stator in,

' series and through which local circuit passes a counter current generated by the motor upon the assumption of the increased speed I of the rotor. I

' 5. In a motor control system, a motor havfield, means .to supply current to said arma; ture and field inserles, an electrical resist? ance and electrical means dependent upon the speed of the armature to automatically 'connect'said armature andfield in parallel and simultaneously establisha local circuit containing said resistance, field and arma ture in seriesand through which local circuit passes a counter current generated by the motor .upon the assumption of increased speed of the armature.

6. In a motor control system,-a motor having a rotatable armature and a stationary field, means to suppl current tosaid armature and field in serles, an electrical resistance and electrical means dependent upon the drop of current through the armature to automatically connect'said armature and field in parallel and simultaneously'establish a local circuit containing said resistance, field and armature in series and through whichlocal circuit passes a counter current generated by the motor upon the assumption 7,. In a motor control system, a motor having a rotating armature Y and a stationary field, means to supply current to the field and armature in stance, a variable resistance and an'automatically operated means dependent upon the, speed of the armature to connect the armature and field in parallel and simultaneously supply a greaterquantity of current to said field dependent upon I said resistance. I e In testimony that I cla1m the foregoing:

as my invention, I have signed my name 1n presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN G. REED.

Witnesses:

' GEQJW. Parsons, A. F. Lnnns.

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